SOFT6008 Comments

I left a note called notefromColin.txt in each student's dropbox.

A number of students appear to have uploaded nothing yet.

I've pasted all of the comments here in case other students might benefit from them. They are in no particular order.

I was hoping to see how your assignment was going.
But I couldn't find it here.

You seem to be making progress but I think you are a small bit behind schedule.
Concentrate on meeting the minimum requirements.
For the topping selection it makes more sense to use checkboxes
and toggling the visibility is a bit of a long way around.
See the Tatyo Head example 2 on the blog. It does what you are trying to do.


Your pizza page looks great and you have a lot of it done already.
The total box you are using to display the price is editable. This would allow the user to set his own price. It need not be a text box. You could use a div and modify the innerHTML, like in the phone checksum example.
I'm not sure if the plain setting belongs there. It's a bit confusing. Unless sleecting it unchecks all the other boxes (that would be inpressive) you should remove it.
Check the values being sent to the PHP server for the drinks. It seems to be sending numbers.
You still have a bit of a ways to go. But you have nearly met the minimum requirements. Concentrate on those and make sure you meet them. Then try the visualization using the Tayto Head examples as a template.


You have made a lot of progress. But you are a bit behind schedule at this stage. Te validation functions are not being called when you click the buy now button. Wrap up the validation activities in a single function and call that when the button is pressed. That should help. Make sure that your functions return values.


Try the visualization using the Tayto Head examples as a template.
The pizza guy might look beter against a white background. But as it is, it looks great.
You need to start putting the pieces together. I think you are a bit behind schedule.
You are getting there though. well done.


You still have a ways to go with the pizza assignment.
You are a bit behind schedule at this stage.

SOFT6007 Dropbox

At 0955 3/4/2012

SOFT6007 Class 26 DCOM1 Lab

We sorted out the dropbox and the vaidator.

Students worked on Assignment 2.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 27

I talked a bit about setting up the dropbox and about using the validator.  ITS1 students are welcome to come along to class at 1400-1600 if they need help with any of that. There is usually plenty of space in the lab.

We resumed our look at image formats. We saw GIF, JPEG, ad PNG and discussed transparency.

At the end we talked a little bit about Assignment 3. Students opted for a take away assignment over an exam, which was expected.

I will spec out the assignment today  (or Tuesday.)

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 27

We resumed our look at image formats. We saw GIF, JPEG, ad PNG and discussed transparency.

At the end we talked a little bit about Assignment 3. Students opted for a take away assignment over an exam, which was expected.

I will spec out the assignment today  (or Tuesday.)

SOFT6008 Class 27

We looked at the style.visibility and how it might be useful for the pizza assignment.


I introduced HTML5's drag and drop but explained that it probably wasn't a profitable area of exploration.


We looked at the TimeGame case study, but didn't finish it.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 28 Lab A

Students signed up to dropbox and shared a folder with me.

I explained about the doctype and how to validate webpages.

We discussed how very different pages could all use the same single stylesheet.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 28 Lab B

Students signed up to dropbox and shared a folder with me.

I explained about the doctype and how to validate webpages.

SOFT6007 Validating XHTML

You will need to ensure that your code validates. You can check your code at http://validator.w3.org. Your pages should declare the document type correctly in order for it to validate. I recommend xhtml 1.0.

You will need to ensure that the start of your xhtml files look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />

SOFT6007 Please sign up to Dropbox

Please sign up to Dropbox. If you haven't already done so you can follow this link or get someone who has signed up already to invite you. They will get extra space. Double your space at https://www.dropbox.com/edu

Make a folder called "SOFT6007-" followed by your mycit username. e.g SOFT6007-barack.obama2

Share that folder with colin.manning@cit.ie

From week 9 to the submission deadlines students will be expected to save the latest version of their assignment submission to the Dropbox at least once a week.

This will allow me to see how the work is progressing, and it will also allow me to help students out remotely if needed.

If youy are in the lab please check the screen to see if I you have shared folder. Afterwards you can check the screen shot here.

This is a requirement for the assigment(s). Failure to update your work will have a negative impact on your mark.

SOFT6008 Spec updated

Following on from today's discussions, I updated the specification for the assignment so that the value of the various non-required features are firmer. Students who didn't get >40% in Assessment 1 will need more than 40% in assessment 2 in order to pass.

SOFT6007 Class 26 ITS1 Lab

I spent a little bit of time with students concerned about their assessment result.

Students worked away on Assessment 2. No many seem to be taking on JavaScript just yet.

SOFT6008 Class 26

We discussed the assessment. Students made some fair points.

We also discussed plagiarism at length and what is allowed an what is not.

I don't propose to put a recording of today's class online. But it doesn't seem right that only I should have a copy. If anyone wants a copy I can e-mail an mp3.

SOFT6007 Assessment 1 results

The results are now available here.

Use the last 4 digits of your ID number to find your mark. If the number if digits shown is less than four it's because there were leading zeros.

I couldn't find all the ID numbers. If your's isn't there, don't be alarmed.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 25

We looked at some more JavaScript. We saw loops, and rollovers, buttons, and getElementById.

There is no more JavaScript required to complete Assessment 2, whether it's an exam or a take-away exercise.

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 25

We looked at some more JavaScript. We saw loops, and rollovers, buttons, and getElementById.

There is no more JavaScript required to complete Assessment 2, whether it's an exam or a take-away exercise.

SOFT6007 ITS1/DCOM1 Class 24

We looked at an alternative Three Column Layout (fancy5.html fancy5.css)

We looked at JavaScript.

• javascript1-time-based-greeting.html
• javascript2-random-image.html

SOFT6007 COM1 Class 24

We looked at an alternative Three Column Layout (fancy5.html fancy5.css)

We looked at JavaScript.

• javascript1-time-based-greeting.html
• javascript2-random-image.html

SOFT6008 Assessment 1 Results

The results for assessment 1 are now online. They are sorted by the last 4 digits of ID number. If there's only 3 it's because there's a leading zero.

I was disappointed by the results. They suggest that students are not as on top of things as I thought they were.

SOFT6008 Class 24

We looked at transparency and how it might be used to visualize the pizza for the assignment. I talked through the Mr. Tayto Head example.